U.S. camp gives kids a crash course in Arabic language, culture
Aug. 6, 2006

Minnesota -- A kids'' summer language camp run by a U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church institution is trying to foster understanding of Arabic language and culture at a crucial time in the Middle East.

Kids sing camp songs not in English but in soothing Arabic, the language they''re learning in a two-week session on the shores of northwestern Minnesota's Leek Lake.

As they sing, Al-Waha's dean, Ghazi Abuhakema, translates: "My world is beautiful and wrongdoing will not happen. A villager I am. Our caravan keeps moving forward in a big long procession." Read More...

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